I was in Michigan this weekend : Discover Columbus

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Nov. 19, 2007

I was in Michigan this weekend

I was in Michigan for about 36 hours this weekend. We slipped over the border about the time the game started.... We waited until after all the local people left for "The Big House" on Saturday so we would not have to be in a steady stream of traffic going up route 23. I guess we waited late enough we would not even impede any stragglers on their way to Ann Arbor either... I was not in Ann Arbor. I listened to part of the game on the radio, as we drove up. I watched the end of the OSU MI game when I got to Dearborn / Dearborn Heights... suburbs of Detroit.

Sunday I saw one car with a MI flag on their car and a placard that said "ohhowihateohiostate." I suppose if we were closer to Ann Arbor we would have seen more of that...

Of course there was talk in Michigan Saturday and Sunday about Lloyd Carr's impending retirement as coach... Missy Caulk my Ann Arbor MI connection said Carr announced he was stepping down from head coach to the players on Sunday afternoon. Missy's ActiveRain (a Real Estate Network) blog is time stamped on Sunday afternoon.

The AP announced Lloyd Carrs impending resignation about an hour ago... and says he announced it to the football players late Sunday.

Today Missy (my Ann Arbor MI connection ) announded that the US is NOT going into a recession. According to the University of Michigan's esteemed 'Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics'... the country is not going into a recession. I don't know whether OSU scholars or anyone else concurs but I sure hope the University of Michigan is right on this one....

Missy wrote:

"Despite a slumping housing market, rising oil prices, flat auto sales, and a week dollar, lack of consumer confidence, the United States will not slip into a recession, according to the new forecast from the University of Michigan economists. " Missy has a link to the forecast and a lovely graph showing the reliability of U of M's Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics.

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Nov. 20, 2007 - RE: I was in Michigan this weekend

Posted by Missy Caulk

I got this on a Google Alert this morning. Thanks for the mention. One reason I like rss feeds you get the new quickly before print media. Of course it was rumored all weekend and for weeks before, but the Michigan Daily reported it after the TEAM meeting.

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Nov. 20, 2007 - RE: I was in Michigan this weekend

Posted by Maureen McCabe

You got the scoop Missy!

It is funny how the news was that he was going to announce that he was going to step down, for a few days...

I thought it would have been official on Sunday but I would have missed it since I did not have the TV or computer or really anything on to get an RSS feed or see a press conference.

Thanks for the comment.

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Nov. 28, 2007 - RE: I was in Michigan this weekend

Posted by toothpick_tp

Frankly speaking, I like travelling. I will be happy if I spend several days or even several hours in another city or state. I think that travelling gives us the opportunity to learn more about the world.

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Nov. 28, 2007 - RE: I was in Michigan this weekend

Posted by Maureen McCabe

Going to Michigan from Columbus doesn't feel much like travel. Thanks for the comment.

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